PROFESSION AND POFESSONALISM

Professions, professionalism and professional behavior

Professions, professionalism and professional behavior

Professionalism

Professional values and the behaviors associated with them play a vital role for nursing practice. Professionalism can be defined as the core values that must be strictly followed by the nurses working with other professionals for the betterment and well being of patients and the community. A professional value that a nursing student must adopt includes altruism, human dignity, autonomy, integrity and social justice (Anonymous, 2008, p.27). Altruism deals with the betterment and welfare for other. Autonomy deals with decision making power of nurses and respect for patient. Human dignity ...